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Dickerson, Terrance
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Profile written July 26, 2026
This profile reflects positional accountability — this individual held the leadership roles shown during the dates shown, during which the listed deaths or lawsuits occurred. Inclusion does not constitute a legal finding of personal culpability for any specific incident.
Tenure Summary
Terrance Dickerson assumed the role of warden at Jenkins Facility, a CoreCivic-operated prison under contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections, on January 1, 2024. GPS records attribute six in‑custody deaths to the facility during his tenure as warden—three from natural causes, one suicide, one homicide, and one undetermined death. No lawsuits have been filed naming Dickerson as a defendant, though an allegation of an unconscious inmate surfaced in facility intelligence during his watch.What happened on their watch
Dickerson’s entire leadership‑tier tenure has been spent as warden of Jenkins Facility. Within his first ten weeks, a 65‑year‑old man, Earl Franklin Waggy, died in the facility on March 3, 2024. The Jenkins County coroner determined the cause to be hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; Waggy was found unresponsive in his bunk with rigor and lividity, and his body was sent to the GBI Crime Lab for autopsy.Later that year, on September 17, 2024, 72‑year‑old James Lee Powell died at the prison. The cause of death remains unknown; the Jenkins County coroner’s in‑custody‑death records do not include his case, and GPS has flagged a follow‑up request to the GBI Medical Examiner’s office.
A homicide occurred on January 9, 2025, when Alonzo Wright died from “Chest Trauma with a Large Amount of Blood Loss,” according to a GDC‑released mortality report for that month. The death was classified as a homicide. Dickerson was in his second year as warden at the time.
Jason Brent Melton, 41, was found hanging from a light fixture in a bathroom on April 10, 2025. The coroner’s investigation recorded the cause as suicide by hanging with a bedsheet.
Two additional natural deaths followed in April 2026. Charles Edward Richey, 58, died April 17 from cardiac arrest secondary to B‑cell lymphoma, diabetes, and seizures, according to the coroner. Four days later, on April 21, 27‑year‑old Dustin Scott Scarbro died at an outside hospital from necrotizing pancreatitis; he had been admitted from Jenkins on April 5. The coroner’s report lists that cause of death.
GPS intelligence also captured a facility allegation on April 21, 2026—an older Hispanic inmate was said to have been found unconscious on the floor of his cell, as reported via a Telegram relay. No further documentation was available at the time of record.
Sources
- Jenkins County Coroner’s Office – Death Investigation Reports (via Open Records Request, received June 25, 2026) for decedents Waggy, Melton, Richey, and Scarbro
- Georgia Department of Corrections – January 2025 mortality report (official PDF release) for decedent Wright
- GPS intelligence collection – Telegram relay incident report, April 21, 2026
- GPS death‑tracking database – counts for Jenkins Facility and individual decedent records
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Warden (Jenkins Facility) | JENKINS FACILITY | 2024-01-01 → present |
Deaths attributed during tenure
6 people died at facilities under Dickerson, Terrance's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | DUSTIN SCOTT SCARBRO | 27 | JENKINS FACILITY | Warden (Jenkins Facility) |
| 2026-04-17 | CHARLES EDWARD RICHEY | 58 | JENKINS FACILITY | Warden (Jenkins Facility) |
| 2025-04-10 | JASON BRENT MELTON | 41 | JENKINS FACILITY | Warden (Jenkins Facility) |
| 2025-01-09 | Alonzo Wright | — | JENKINS FACILITY | Warden (Jenkins Facility) |
| 2024-09-17 | JAMES LEE POWELL | 72 | JENKINS FACILITY | Warden (Jenkins Facility) |
| 2024-03-03 | EARL FRANKLIN WAGGY | 65 | JENKINS FACILITY | Warden (Jenkins Facility) |
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